Fascinating woman. She's flawed but not craven, not dishonest. She's a work in progress like the rest of us. So glad she didn't give up on herself and has found a renewed zest for life.
Just saw Marianne this past weekend in Los Angeles, and she was sensational! Her new music is deep, resonant and beautiful, and of course her older songs are performed with even greater feeling. BRAVA, Marianne, for continuing to share your unique gifts with us!
People, nobody wrote a fucking handbook on how to survive show business. Its not as gracious and angelic as many of you see it as. The truth is, you're lucky to get out alive.
Making it through ADDICTION should be commended! I'm so glad for her! Her innocence was taken away; she's brought herself out of the pit of darkness into the light of day! Good for you Marianne, stay clean! God Bless....
still a pretty lady too..I was 9 yrs old in '65 and just starting to know "real" music..The Beatles were mine,couldn't get enough of them on the Ed Sullivan show..and the Stones..and The Doors in '67..Led Zep and The Who..I can go on..GREAT MUSIC then,and still is now 50 yrs later..LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!
I remember watching this...admire Marianne Faithfull. I can honestly say I can't sing but I see a parallel between her life and mine. Still after 7 years I am struggling with my addiction and cannot sing...
She played the Empress Maria Teresa in 'Marie Antoinette' (Marie Antoinette's mother) starring Kirsten Dunst....... & she did a good job........the British accent helped
Marianne Faithful, Mick Jaggar, Keith Richards and the 1960's. They are all part of a storied past that will live on, even past the lives of those who made it happen "back in the day." For better or for worse ~ their stories will remain part of 60's rock n' roll history.........................
A damaged woman but what a performer, no point saying she cant sing....she is a performer !!! Best thing ever when she appeared as 'God' in 'Ab.Fab'.....nuff said.
It's would be to criticise Marianne if she played the pity poor me card but she doesn't blame anyone but herself for the situation she found herself in. I admire the tenacity she demonstrated to pull herself out of the gutter and make something of her life and I think she is still a beautiful lady, deserving of whatever success comes her way, God knows she's worked hard enough for it.
I met Marianne when she and Mick Jagger visited Frank Zappa's log cabin in Laurel Canyon, Hollywood in 1968. They sat in the kitchen with Frank and his wife Gail. Mick and Marianne were like a double act - he spoke, she spoke, he spoke, she spoke. By contract, Gail never spoke when Frank entertained. She always sat mute, allowing Frank to hold centre stage. Such a contrast.
Moggydrippin, nobody, least of all Marianne herself, thinks she is an exemplar of 'on-the-note', technically accomplished singing. What she is - and this is the reason she has accumulated a vast army of devoted fans through the years - is the possessor of a startling and unique ability to interpret, inhabit and communicate a song. It's a rare, rare gift, and nobody is 'kidding themselves' that she is anything but sublime.
I don’t think Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull are women girls should aspire to be like. If anything, their lives should be used as cautionary tales to young women who think fame and fortune are worth selling ones soul for.
As Tears Go By was the very first song ever written by Mick and Keith. Prior to 1965 The Stones weren't even a rock n' roll band, they were an R&B band that covered songs by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and The Rev. Solomon Burke. I was 18 years old in 1965 and remember Marianne Faithfull as being, arguably, the most desired woman on planet earth. She will always be a 60's icon, Faithfull is as much a part of the historical fabric of the 1960's as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles or anyone else.
I'm glad she survived but I don't think she's a very good singer and never did, however I did like her hit "Tears go by.' I always like a survivor against all odds and very happy shes doing well.
It's obvious jagged had and has a huge influence on her entire life and not in a good way. I think she is a strong person and would have had a completely different life if she never met him. She still has pics in her bathroom of him.
No, Jagger was not at fault here. He lived rather moderately compared to his band mates. Maryanne chose to live Naked Lunch for real. William S. Burroughs even said that that book was not meant for her as an instruction manual on life, that it was just a book.
Her involvement with Mick Jagger was disastrous for her - she had some interesting songs to begin with , for example, Summer Nights,. The involvement with Jagger and drugs ruined her voice.
Of course that being said, Mr perfect and wonderfull here, admires her ability and strenght to have come out of the other side relativley whole and still up beat and opptomistic. I wonder how many young people that we have never heard of didnt have the capacity to fair so well and are no longer with us at all. In that way i am happy for her. And in any event, I bet she can spell better than i can too. ;-)
She had a sweet voice which she ruined and a God-given beauty which she all but destroyed with drugs.She was also intelligent and articulate. Why do these people who have everything do their best to throw it all away?
She still is intelligent and articulate.And i find her for her age as well still beautyfull.If you got all she has by nature and other people take it as goal to be like you, then its just normal you look for somethink else.Humans need challenges in live and tempt somethink different then what the got anyway.So why not throw the old away and go different ways, then the majority would.Test, try out what you like - this is what live is about not living what most call "Normal" =living in a Norm.I love her as she is, she dit good steps and faulty ones and she learnt by her own experience.Brief she is Human and not a Puppet in Society!
She is really the only person alive who can speak for the death of Jim morrison. A lot of testimonials point to her being there when he died. For some reason she refuses to speak about it or quite frankly can't remember a thing from 1971
Much as I love her early voice, and songs, watching this video started pissing me right off because it just disgusts me when someone like Marianne Faithfull, who had it ALL, threw it all away. Reminds me of all those people that are chronically unhappy no matter what life provides them. You could hand them a million dollars and they still are MISERABLE !
California6567 - you are SO RIGHT! I also admired her before but I didn't know what happened to her after a certain period of time. Too bad she took so much for granted. Very sad.
+California6567 + everyone else, she got over it, nothing wrong with her then nor today, she lived the lifestyle and she survived at least she has the guts to say, admit and survive this cruel world with its many stone throwers who are so innocent and so pure!
California6567 A..hole! What it must feel like to live a bull...t existence on your JUDGEMENTAL THRONE. WELL GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU NEVER FALL FROM SUCH A LOFTY HEIGHT! I AM PRETTY SURE YOU COULDN'T WITHSTAND OR RECOVER FROM THE TOPPLE DOWN !
@IdaGno SOME drugs are bad..the ones that have phizer, merck and Eli Lilly. The good ones are organic..but martianne started using the 'bad ones" with a needle...sad but she emerged a new woman as we all know,. And Mick? BAD MICK--would not comment or speak to her about the whole mess he caused (somewhat)
She lived it..she bounce back ...she survived..she keeps going..haters throwing stones ...the sun keeps shining...her strength I believe her music her fans and love for her son..
Just wish Austin Powers would go back to this decade. That trip to the '70s sucked and so did frickin' Beyonce. Gimme a PATTIE BOYD and a MARIANNE FAITHFULL for the sequel and I'll be in hog heaven. Those '60s chicks ROCKED. And so did the Stones and the Beatles.
oooww good one so your the one who bought all her latest masterpeices,how your freinds must roll their eyes when you yell ...hey guys want to listen to something cool.
For the life of me i dont see or hear anything close to what one might call talant. Another case of being at the right place at the right time or wrong place at the etc etc. . Beyond that glaring issue, cant imagine anyone geting mixed up with a Mic Jagger as a mentor standing a chance of living a sucsesfull life unless u could be smart enuf to see that his antics are the opposite of what one should aspire. Lost and needy, she never stood a chance poor girl.
She didn't have a rough voice singing "As Tears Go By" as a teen. More than age, that voice went through rough treatment. Marianne can say whatever she wants in this interview, but if after all she's been though, she still hasn't learnt the truth, I hope and pray she'll get it soon enough. Nothing, nothing beats living the straight and narrow. Eyes can roll and people can smirk, but I'm saying, I'm warning, to all the girls/women, for most of you, being a wife and mother is probably your God-given role. Give it up. And looks like she still hasn't given it up. The whole teen-hippie-I had it rough- ain't life a bitch nonsense. Most of the bad that happened to her she brought on herself. I love her but puleeese. Marianne, find God, find peace, and I don't mean in some incense-burning, fake spirituality. Get to church and be committed and drop the act. Girls forget show business. It's just a business and will suck you into its hedonism. And Feminism drop that too. I hate seeing the best of humanity, our women, ruining themselves.
Was she ever really talented though to be honest, or was her relationshipgave with the Stones that gave her the fame following 'As tears go By' - she couldn't really sing but was very pretty and fitted the mould of the perfect 60's girl.
You are right, imo. She had the 60s look, the Stones, and her vulnerability perfectly matched 'As Tears Go By' and it was a great song to boot. Other than that, she was basically a groupie.
Tony Richards She'd be the first to tell you that the ones who discovered her "liked her voice, her pretty face, and her tits." (paraphrase of her comments.) I don't judge her on her 1960s material, and I don't listen to it much. Her true voice came out on "Broken English," which blew me away when I first heard it. Yes, her voice has limits, but it works on that album, and is perfect for the disillusioned classics on "20th Century Blues." Even the Angelo Badalamente (Twin Peaks musician) produced "A Secret Life" has grown on me and is worth checking out.
Tony Richards The other huge difference is that from "Broken English" onward, SHE could choose what she sang, or write her own material. Check out her version of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" which is downright ominous. (John loved it, btw.)
god could not imagine listening to a whole song of hers let alone an album just awful would rather listen to someone fart and to call her a legend if she had not slept with Jagger she would just be another one hit wonder
the astrius tempting as post was !! UUM MM AKKKE! =O(P LOL SORY ! SHES THE MOST WONDERFUL REASINGER WHO WONDERFULLY SO, JUST COMES AS SHE IS,AND ITS BEAUTIFUL. ILL PLAY YOUR CDS TIL I DIE NEVER TIRING OF EVEN ONE NOTE! MORE MORE MARYANN, ANYTHING YOU FEEL LIKE, SING FOR MEE! LOVE N DEVOTION 4EVER !
![Marianne Faithfull - interview [9-6-94]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5EPFBqDq9UU/mqdefault.jpg)
Fascinating woman. She's flawed but not craven, not dishonest. She's a work in progress like the rest of us. So glad she didn't give up on herself and has found a renewed zest for life.
LUV LUV LUV her...she's a survivor...and to the contrary, her voice isn't ruined...it has as much character as she does
A survivor! She has had a great career - still love her music.
Love this woman and love her voice.
Just saw Marianne this past weekend in Los Angeles, and she was sensational! Her new music is deep, resonant and beautiful, and of course her older songs are performed with even greater feeling. BRAVA, Marianne, for continuing to share your unique gifts with us!
So happy she is still with us...I've experienced some of what she went through, and it's sheer hell...Glad she made it...so did I !!!!
Fame at a young age can be crushing. Substance abuse is a medical problem that needs treatment not judgement.
THANK YOU ,SOMEONE WITH SMART ' S
So glad she survived the fame and glory. Too many other talented artists die too young.
People, nobody wrote a fucking handbook on how to survive show business. Its not as gracious and angelic as many of you see it as. The truth is, you're lucky to get out alive.
Making it through ADDICTION should be commended! I'm so glad for her! Her innocence was taken away; she's brought herself out of the pit of darkness into the light of day! Good for you Marianne, stay clean! God Bless....
Broken English one of my favourite albums
still a pretty lady too..I was 9 yrs old in '65 and just starting to know "real" music..The Beatles were mine,couldn't get enough of them on the Ed Sullivan show..and the Stones..and The Doors in '67..Led Zep and The Who..I can go on..GREAT MUSIC then,and still is now 50 yrs later..LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!
I remember watching this...admire Marianne Faithfull.
I can honestly say I can't sing but I see a parallel between her life and mine. Still after 7 years I am struggling with my addiction and cannot sing...
Hang in there, sweetpea
Listen to this smoked wrenched voice, don't ever begin children!
She played the Empress Maria Teresa in 'Marie Antoinette' (Marie Antoinette's mother) starring Kirsten Dunst....... & she did a good job........the British accent helped
Whatever she did I still think she's a beautiful person I remember when tears go by I love you and I think you're a wonderful person ❤️😘💗💗💗
shes still awsome, wow love this lady, im obsessed!
Love you Marianne, best wishes from San Diego.
We grew up in England at the same time.
Sallie.xxx
Marianne Faithful, Mick Jaggar, Keith Richards and the 1960's. They are all part of a storied past that will live on, even past the lives of those who made it happen "back in the day." For better or for worse ~ their stories will remain part of 60's rock n' roll history.........................
was a big fan of her, still is, love her voice and songs, go woman..
Oh, yes, Marianne.. It IS the "main thing", and yes, you have it. Thank you for sharing. You're an inspiration, lady. Shine on!
A damaged woman but what a performer, no point saying she cant sing....she is a performer !!! Best thing ever when she appeared as 'God' in 'Ab.Fab'.....nuff said.
Sister Morphine influenced a lot of folks, God bless her for hangin in there
She doesn't blame anyone, she's very honest and thoughtful.
such a wonderful person!
Thank for sharing 😊
Love Marianne and all the work she is doing she is a legend and a icon ❤️
All my admiration to Marianne! 😍👍🎸🎤
Sooner have her as she was in the 60s, and how she is now just shouting into a microphone
It's would be to criticise Marianne if she played the pity poor me card but she doesn't blame anyone but herself for the situation she found herself in.
I admire the tenacity she demonstrated to pull herself out of the gutter and make something of her life and I think she is still a beautiful lady, deserving of whatever success comes her way, God knows she's worked hard enough for it.
Missed this one. Thanks for posting. Love Marianne!
"Summer Nights" is my fave by Marianne
So sweet. An d. Tender
Not forgetting Come and Stay with Me.
You've always been beautiful to me. I'm so happy you are free!
I met Marianne when she and Mick Jagger visited Frank Zappa's log cabin in Laurel Canyon, Hollywood in 1968. They sat in the kitchen with Frank and his wife Gail. Mick and Marianne were like a double act - he spoke, she spoke, he spoke, she spoke. By contract, Gail never spoke when Frank entertained. She always sat mute, allowing Frank to hold centre stage. Such a contrast.
Moggydrippin, nobody, least of all Marianne herself, thinks she is an exemplar of 'on-the-note', technically accomplished singing. What she is - and this is the reason she has accumulated a vast army of devoted fans through the years - is the possessor of a startling and unique ability to interpret, inhabit and communicate a song. It's a rare, rare gift, and nobody is 'kidding themselves' that she is anything but sublime.
my dream girl when I was young
So sad, so depressing, it was like digging. Into a grave.
Always at the top of my list along with Dietrich - just amazing and unforgettable
Love Marianne! She looks wonderful in this clip and I'm glad that she's happy and well. She really is a legend.
The fact she's here says a lot!
SHE needs a lot of HUGS ! lol
Wonderful ... thank you CBS ... and Marianne.
I don’t think Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull are women girls should aspire to be like. If anything, their lives should be used as cautionary tales to young women who think fame and fortune are worth selling ones soul for.
I adore her :)
Are you serious? She looks pretty good for 66.
She's still pretty.
dope and the bottle sure took their toll on the old girl
She came out of the tunnel ALL TATTERED and burned, but ALIVED...
WOW!!
you r still beautiful
I love her!!
As Tears Go By was the very first song ever written by Mick and Keith. Prior to 1965 The Stones weren't even a rock n' roll band, they were an R&B band that covered songs by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and The Rev. Solomon Burke. I was 18 years old in 1965 and remember Marianne Faithfull as being, arguably, the most desired woman on planet earth. She will always be a 60's icon, Faithfull is as much a part of the historical fabric of the 1960's as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles or anyone else.
I'm glad she survived but I don't think she's a very good singer and never did, however I did like her hit "Tears go by.' I always like a survivor against all odds and very happy shes doing well.
she is a goddess to me........
I never thought she could sing....she couldn't carry a tune in a bucket....but we all liked the song and she was cute!
You mean her first performance of "As Tears Go By"? She was excellent in that performance.
she's a surviver.. she's great!
It's obvious jagged had and has a huge influence on her entire life and not in a good way. I think she is a strong person and would have had a completely different life if she never met him. She still has pics in her bathroom of him.
No, Jagger was not at fault here. He lived rather moderately compared to his band mates. Maryanne chose to live Naked Lunch for real. William S. Burroughs even said that that book was not meant for her as an instruction manual on life, that it was just a book.
I agree. As a "Rich Girl" she didn't have to become a junkie. But she has written an interesting account of the times. I enjoy her work.
I love this woman
what a lady
Did anyone hear what she said? Like so many women, the guy did everything for her and that still was not enough.
sounds like a good title for a song, "I can't go back to London"
Quite right it turned her into Louis Armstrong overnight
Her involvement with Mick Jagger was disastrous for her - she had some interesting songs to begin with , for example, Summer Nights,. The involvement with Jagger and drugs ruined her voice.
Of course that being said, Mr perfect and wonderfull here, admires her ability and strenght to have come out of the other side relativley whole and still up beat and opptomistic. I wonder how many young people that we have never heard of didnt have the capacity to fair so well and are no longer with us at all. In that way i am happy for her. And in any event, I bet she can spell better than i can too. ;-)
She had a sweet voice which she ruined and a God-given beauty which she all but destroyed with drugs.She was also intelligent and articulate. Why do these people who have everything do their best to throw it all away?
She still is intelligent and articulate.And i find her for her age as well still beautyfull.If you got all she has by nature and other people take it as goal to be like you, then its just normal you look for somethink else.Humans need challenges in live and tempt somethink different then what the got anyway.So why not throw the old away and go different ways, then the majority would.Test, try out what you like - this is what live is about not living what most call "Normal" =living in a Norm.I love her as she is, she dit good steps and faulty ones and she learnt by her own experience.Brief she is Human and not a Puppet in Society!
I prefer her original singing voice, it was so beautiful. Such a shame. And agreed, if you're going to do drugs, go organic. Always.
Y can I not get one song on CZcams this hurts BIG TIME LIKE. MY CANCER
Great storey!
@MrCarl220 True. We all saw what happened to Janis and Whitney, amongst others.
She is really the only person alive who can speak for the death of Jim morrison. A lot of testimonials point to her being there when he died. For some reason she refuses to speak about it or quite frankly can't remember a thing from 1971
When your life is too perfect so you have to ruin it a bit
Hedonist Jagger was the worst example and person to have been a part of anyone's life!
Much as I love her early voice, and songs, watching this video started pissing me right off because it just disgusts me when someone like Marianne Faithfull, who had it ALL, threw it all away. Reminds me of all those people that are chronically unhappy no matter what life provides them. You could hand them a million dollars and they still are MISERABLE !
California6567 - you are SO RIGHT! I also admired her before but I didn't know what happened to her after a certain period of time. Too bad she took so much for granted. Very sad.
. Drug addiction/religion addiction/homosexuality addiction ruins people's lives...
+California6567 + everyone else, she got over it, nothing wrong with her then nor today, she lived the lifestyle and she survived at least she has the guts to say, admit and survive this cruel world with its many stone throwers who are so innocent and so pure!
California6567 A..hole!
What it must feel like to live a bull...t existence on your JUDGEMENTAL THRONE.
WELL GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU NEVER
FALL FROM SUCH A LOFTY HEIGHT! I AM PRETTY SURE YOU COULDN'T WITHSTAND OR RECOVER FROM THE TOPPLE DOWN !
steve winwood played on broken english
couldnt carry a tune, are u joking? she ws pitch perfect and still is even tho she dropped a few octaves.
@IdaGno SOME drugs are bad..the ones that have phizer, merck and Eli Lilly. The good ones are organic..but martianne started using the 'bad ones" with a needle...sad but she emerged a new woman as we all know,. And Mick? BAD MICK--would not comment or speak to her about the whole mess he caused (somewhat)
She lived it..she bounce back ...she survived..she keeps going..haters throwing stones ...the sun keeps shining...her strength I believe her music her fans and love for her son..
Christ, you must be joking ... Mick Jagger and the rest of the Stones look like the Walking Dead.
She got a second chance. very lucky. Amy winehouse didn't. Future stars don't let this happen to you.
Ray Medeiros pass
Just wish Austin Powers would go back to this decade. That trip to the '70s sucked and so did frickin' Beyonce. Gimme a PATTIE BOYD and a MARIANNE FAITHFULL for the sequel and I'll be in hog heaven. Those '60s chicks ROCKED. And so did the Stones and the Beatles.
yes!
We are ALL Has Been's , Marianne, Can't go back.
oooww good one so your the one who bought all her latest masterpeices,how your freinds must roll their eyes when you yell ...hey guys want to listen to something cool.
For the life of me i dont see or hear anything close to what one might call talant. Another case of being at the right place at the right time or wrong place at the etc etc. . Beyond that glaring issue, cant imagine anyone geting mixed up with a Mic Jagger as a mentor standing a chance of living a sucsesfull life unless u could be smart enuf to see that his antics are the opposite of what one should aspire. Lost and needy, she never stood a chance poor girl.
I thought Marianne miscarried Jagger's son. I wish these "reporters" would get the facts right.
it's the smoking that ruined her voice.
They brought us drugs, rehab while the rest of during that era were doing little stints in Vietnam and trying to keep a family together.
Wow.
gee i like fur rugs
She didn't have a rough voice singing "As Tears Go By" as a teen. More than age, that voice went through rough treatment. Marianne can say whatever she wants in this interview, but if after all she's been though, she still hasn't learnt the truth, I hope and pray she'll get it soon enough. Nothing, nothing beats living the straight and narrow. Eyes can roll and people can smirk, but I'm saying, I'm warning, to all the girls/women, for most of you, being a wife and mother is probably your God-given role. Give it up. And looks like she still hasn't given it up. The whole teen-hippie-I had it rough- ain't life a bitch nonsense. Most of the bad that happened to her she brought on herself. I love her but puleeese. Marianne, find God, find peace, and I don't mean in some incense-burning, fake spirituality. Get to church and be committed and drop the act. Girls forget show business. It's just a business and will suck you into its hedonism. And Feminism drop that too. I hate seeing the best of humanity, our women, ruining themselves.
Was she ever really talented though to be honest, or was her relationshipgave with the Stones that gave her the fame following 'As tears go By' - she couldn't really sing but was very pretty and fitted the mould of the perfect 60's girl.
You are right, imo. She had the 60s look, the Stones, and her vulnerability perfectly matched 'As Tears Go By' and it was a great song to boot. Other than that, she was basically a groupie.
Tony Richards She'd be the first to tell you that the ones who discovered her "liked her voice, her pretty face, and her tits." (paraphrase of her comments.)
I don't judge her on her 1960s material, and I don't listen to it much. Her true voice came out on "Broken English," which blew me away when I first heard it. Yes, her voice has limits, but it works on that album, and is perfect for the disillusioned classics on "20th Century Blues." Even the Angelo Badalamente (Twin Peaks musician) produced "A Secret Life" has grown on me and is worth checking out.
Tony Richards The other huge difference is that from "Broken English" onward, SHE could choose what she sang, or write her own material. Check out her version of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" which is downright ominous. (John loved it, btw.)
RadioFreeSpike
@SexyTruffles i agree i feel the same way
god could not imagine listening to a whole song of hers let alone an album just awful would rather listen to someone fart and to call her a legend if she had not slept with Jagger she would just be another one hit wonder
She survived sex .... ??
HOW VERY SAD
She sounds like Lucille Ball..
the astrius tempting as post was !! UUM MM AKKKE! =O(P LOL SORY !
SHES THE MOST WONDERFUL REASINGER WHO WONDERFULLY SO, JUST COMES AS SHE IS,AND ITS BEAUTIFUL. ILL PLAY YOUR CDS TIL I DIE NEVER TIRING OF EVEN ONE NOTE! MORE MORE MARYANN, ANYTHING YOU FEEL LIKE, SING FOR MEE! LOVE N DEVOTION 4EVER !
Lovely lady, very poor singer
She sure didn't age as well as Mick Jagger did. She obviously over-did things.
Wow, Keith Richards is mummified, no change.
All the blood changes in Switzerland helped quite a bit
let me guess, you`re not known for your insight
Yeh.... a Mick Jagger prodigy ! What a difference....